Yule log by Jacopo Bruni

London is already decorated for Christmas and the executive chef Jacopo Bruni from the London EDITION hotel is ready for Christmas too. He was so kind to share with us his Yule log from this year’s Christmas collection. Thank you Jacopo!

Zephyr caramel mousse

470 g Whole milk

17 g gelatine powder

68 g water for gelatine

700 g Cacao Barry Zéphyr Caramel chocolate

30 g Cacao Barry Cocoa butter

1000 g Semi whipped cream

3 n Vanilla pod

Boil vanilla with milk and infuse. Semi whip the cream and leave it to set in the fridge at least for 10 min. Strain and boil again the milk and add the soaked and melted gelatine. Pour the milk on the chocolate and make an emulsion. When it reaches less than 40C fold the cream.

Chocolate mousse

250 g Cream 35%

250 g Whole milk

100 g egg yolk

50 g sugar

600 g custard

870 g Cacao Barry Excellence 55.1%

900 g Semi whipped cream

Make custard with the first 4 ingredients, mix with the hand blender at 84c and pour on the semi melted chocolate. Make and emulsion like for a ganache, and finish with the hand blender. Cool down to 30c (not colder or it will split) and add the semi whipped cream.

Citrus syrup for impregnation

Citrus pate de fruit

480 g Yuzu puree boiron

1500 g orange puree boiron

180 g lemon puree boiron

222 g Sugar1

51 g Pectine yellow

2100 g Sugar2

600 g Glucose

24 g Tartaric acid

24 g water

Mix sugar1 and the pectine, add to the purees and bring to boil. Add the glucose and the sugar2 and bring to 105c. Remove from the heat and add the tartaric acid dissolved in the water, mix and add straight to the frames.

Spray mass

700 g Cacao Barry Ocoa™ 70.4%

300 g Cacao Barry Mycryo® Cocoa butter

Melt separately and mix together. Sift and cool down at 30c. Spray on the cake to create shadows.

Assembling:

Put the sheets of Viennese cake on the pate de fruit and spread the Zephyr caramel mousse.
Cut in stripes 6x40cm and roll into logs.
In the mould pipe the chocolate mousse for the bark at the sides and the Zephyr caramel mousse at the base.
Place the log in the middle of the mould and close. Freeze it.
When it is frozen, unmould it and spray to give an effect of shadows.

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